century), and the Pesttor, walled off since 1596. Inside the wall, most buildings are historic and the tallest structures are the churches: – also known as St. Veit is located on the site of an earlier chapel to St. Vitus the current church was built from 1414-1612. As the town had only around 1,800 inhabitants, it struggled to finance the construction. The church combines features of the Gothic, Renaissance and early Baroque styles. It contains a Madonna sculpture carved from basswood, 15th century glass from the choir and a figure of St. John the Baptist by Tilman Riemenschneider, a Baroque altar and an organ from 1751 by . – also known as St. Johann Baptist (St John the Baptist), established in 1338 together with the Bürgerspital St. Johannis Baptistae, a hospital for the townspeople. Today, the interior is in Rococo style but also features Gothic sculptures attributed to Augustin Reuss, a local who had worked in Riemenschneider's workshop. – likely originating in the late 13th century, the earliest documentary mention of the pilgrimage church Wallfahrtskirche zum Heiligen Blut dedicated to the Blood of Christ was in 1329. Michaelskapelle – this Gothic chapel is the oldest extant ecclesial building in Iphofen. When the graveyard was located at this site, it served as burial chapel. On the lower floor is the only ossuary remaining in Lower Franconia. The Baroque town hall on the market square dates from 1716-8. It overlooks the square with many half-timbered houses and the Marienbrunnen (fountain with a Baroque statue of Mary). The Zehntkeller (today a hotel) was the location of the Mönchshof, owned by the Augustinians at Birklingen. It was their refuge after the monastery was destroyed in the Peasants' War of 1525. The cellars then served to store the Zehntwein, i.e. the wine that was the tithe for the Bishop of Würzburg. Museums The Geschichtsscheune contains a large model of the town as well as housing sculptures from the 16th and 18th century. The Knauf Museum, opened in 1983 in an early Baroque building (1688-93) which originally served as an inn, later as the local administrative seat (Amtshof) for the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and then as the Bavarian . The museum contains around 200 replicas of famous sculptures from ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece. Changing exhibitions are hosted in the modern annex. The in Mönchsondheim features exhibits on wine growing in Franconia, rural crafts, historic fortified